August 2023’s big video game releases: Baldur’s Gate 3, Madden 24

August, usually dominated by sports games on the launch calendar is this year topped off with two long-running franchises that have huge followings. Baldur’s Gate 3 The full release of the app is Aug. 3, after 3 years as an early access., and FromSoftware’s Armored Core 6.Arrives Aug. 25,

Electronic Arts offers a variety of games to choose from. Madden NFL 24 You can also find out more about the following: Immortals Of Aveum. For the sports fan more inclined to explore indie games, there’s also WrestleQuest.

It’s a pretty big month, in other words, leading into games’ blockbuster fall season. Here’s what’s coming to Nintendo, PlayStation, PC, and Xbox:

Image: Larian Studios

Aug. 3

Baldur’s Gate 3

(Windows PC)

Larian’s epic adaptation of the Dungeons & Dragons universe is three years in the making — longer, actually. Fans last saw Baldur’s Gate in 2000 with BioWare’s Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadows of Amn. This highly anticipated RPG has a ton of lore behind it, so here’s a recap for those new to the series, or returning to it after more than 20 years.

Aug. 8

Gord

Xbox Series X, Windows PC and PlayStation 5

Mega Cat / Skybound Entertainment

WrestleQuest

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)

Mega Cat’s unusual take on professional wrestling is as much a love-note to the glory days of turn-based role-playing games as the sport itself.

Aug. 10

Atlas Fallen

Xbox Series X (PlayStation 5, Windows PC)

Stray Gods The Roleplaying Musical

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)

Aug. 15

Blasphemous 2,

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows PC, Xbox One)

Everspace 2

Xbox One, Windows PC and PlayStation 4

Moving Out 2

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)

Picture: Poncle

Aug. 17

Vampire Survivors

(Nintendo Switch)

One year since the launch, Vampire Survivors Nintendo Switch is the perfect platform to play this endlessly-playable roguelite. The full disclosure is that there are no actual Vampires in the game.

Aug. 18

Bomb Rush Cyberfun

(Nintendo Switch, Windows PC)

EA Orlando/Electronic Arts

Madden NFL 24

Xbox Series X (PlayStation 5, Windows PC)

This happens every year. EA Sports’ American football flagship arrives three weeks before Kansas City and Detroit kick off the new season.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Windows PC (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4)

Ascendant Studios/Electronic Arts

Aug. 22

Immortals Of Aveum

Xbox Series X (Xbox 5, Windows PC)

“Call of Duty with magic” is how Ascendant Studios’ debut work has been pitched. This new FPS lets players play as a battlemage wielding eye-popping magic spells to fight an ancient conflict.

FromSoftware/Bandai Namco

Aug. 25

Fires of Rubicon – Armored Core 6,

Xbox One (Series X), Xbox One (series 4, PlayStation 5), Windows PC

Despite its devoted fanbase, Armored Core hasn’t seen a main series release since 2012. FromSoftware is giving the entire FromSoftware treatment to this mecha adventure as we close August.

Aug. 29

Samba de Amigo: Party Central

(Nintendo Switch)

Sea of Stars

(Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC)